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‘We’re here if you need us’: Alaska emergency leaders on standby to respond to deadly Texas floods

‘We’re here if you need us’: Alaska emergency leaders on standby to respond to deadly Texas floods

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska Homeland Security and Emergency Management leaders said Monday they have let their Texas counterparts know they are on standby, ready to respond, as the death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas over the July...

Body of missing UK employee found in Alaska

Body of missing UK employee found in Alaska

Authorities have found the body of a woman visiting Alaska’s capital city who did not return to her cruise ship from a hike she said she was taking. The Alaska Department of Public Safety said the body of 62-year-old Marites Buenafe of Kentucky...

Harborview Medical Center reported fireworks-related injuries this year

Harborview Medical Center reported fireworks-related injuries this year

As of 9 a.m. today, July 7, clinicians at Harborview Medical Center have treated 52 people who sustained fireworks-related injuries during the July Fourth holiday weekend. The injuries are characterized as: Harborview is the only designated Level...

Sick leave is now mandatory in Alaska. Here’s what you need to know.

Sick leave is now mandatory in Alaska. Here’s what you need to know.

On July 1, Alaska’s new sick-leave and minimum wage increase law took effect. Approved by voters in November, it states that someone working at a business with 15 or more employees will earn one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked,...

Redevelopment Commission Approves Autocam Medical Resolutions & 2026 Budgets

Redevelopment Commission Approves Autocam Medical Resolutions & 2026 Budgets

David Slone Three resolutions related to the Autocam Medical facility coming to Warsaw were approved by the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission Monday, along with the commission’s 2026 budgets. On June 16, Autocam Medical announced plans to construct...

Lawmakers push to make healthier food more accessible to tribes

Lawmakers push to make healthier food more accessible to tribes

Summary: – The USDA food box program began as a pilot with Cherokee, Chickasaw tribes. – New bill would give tribes more control and make the program permanent. – Oklahoma lawmakers Lucas and Cole join Rep. Davids in supporting the plan. A...

Rady Faculty announcement: Dr. Josée Lavoie appointed dean, College of Community and Global Health

Rady Faculty announcement: Dr. Josée Lavoie appointed dean, College of Community and Global Health

July 7, 2025 — Message from Dr. Peter Nickerson, vice-provost (health sciences) and dean, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences. Dr. Peter Nickerson, vice-provost (health sciences) and dean of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, is pleased to announce...

Firefighters continue efforts on major Interior Alaska fires

Firefighters continue efforts on major Interior Alaska fires

Smoke continued to choke air quality around Fairbanks on Monday as wildland firefighters continue to fight several Interior wildfires. The Fairbanks North Star Borough set up a clean air room at the Noel Wien Public Library in Fairbanks to offer...

'Fire is addicting': The silent mental health crisis on the frontlines of wildfires

'Fire is addicting': The silent mental health crisis on the frontlines of wildfires

Ted McClanahan had two major injuries in his 24-year career as a West Yellowstone smokejumper. The worst was on a jump into the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, near Lolo Pass and the Idaho-Montana border. A strong gust of down air slammed him to the...

Missing Alaska cruise passenger found dead after hike near Juneau, officials say

Missing Alaska cruise passenger found dead after hike near Juneau, officials say

Coconino County Sheriff's Office rescue teams made a dramatic rescue after a woman who went on a hike with her father went missing for three days. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A tourist who went missing after she failed to return to...

New: Alaska Democrats Turning on Lisa Murkowski

New: Alaska Democrats Turning on Lisa Murkowski

The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. Alaska's senior Senator, Princess Lisa Murkowski, originally inherited her Senate seat like a feudal title from her father, Frank...

Letter: More housing, stronger communities — why Anchorage needs Transit-Supportive Development

Letter: More housing, stronger communities — why Anchorage needs Transit-Supportive Development

Downtown Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN) We’re Anchorage residents — lawyers, engineers, bike enthusiasts, small business owners, construction professionals and economists — and we implore the Planning and Zoning Commission to recommend approval...

2024 H-1B petitions: Approvals for employers classified under Construction industry across SC Alaska News publication area

2024 H-1B petitions: Approvals for employers classified under Construction industry across SC Alaska News publication area

Ted H. Kim, Associate Director Refugee, Asylum and International Operations Directorate for USCIS | https://www.naco.org/Ted H. Kim, Associate Director Refugee, Asylum and International Operations Directorate for USCIS | https://www.naco.org/ In...

The enduring spirit of Nuchalawoyya in Interior Alaska

The enduring spirit of Nuchalawoyya in Interior Alaska

Today we will delve into the history of the Nuchalawoyya, an ancient Athabaskan event celebrated every year in Tanana. Many Athabaskans from the Yukon and Tanana Valleys participated in annual events like this. While this was a June event, there...

Body of Alaska cruise passenger found below ridge…

Body of Alaska cruise passenger found below ridge…

The body of a Norwegian Cruise Line passenger who went missing in Alaska has been recovered. Marites Buenafe, 62, vanished Tuesday after texting her family that she was going for a hike in Juneau, according to an Alaska State Troopers missing...

Alaska Democrats turn venom on Murkowski: ‘People will die’

Alaska Democrats turn venom on Murkowski: ‘People will die’

The Democrats are done with the “using” of Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Now, they are into the “abusing” phase of the relationship. US Sen. Ruben Gallego, an Arizona first-term Democrat, was brought in as the featured guest at a virtual “emergency town...

Ohio farmers say federal policies hinder healthy food production

Ohio farmers say federal policies hinder healthy food production

Ohio's food and agriculture industry contributes $124 billion to the state's economy annually. Some farmers, however, argue that government policies need to be revised to support farmers nationwide in cultivating healthier foods for Americans. A...

New protest movement hits Alaska: Circumcision

New protest movement hits Alaska: Circumcision

A group of demonstrators clad in white shirts and pants with blood-red splotches over their crotches drew attention in Midtown Anchorage on Sunday. The protest on the corner of Northern Lights Blvd. and Minnesota Blvd. was organized by The...

Alaska Democrat lawmakers voice frustration over Trump bill passage

Alaska Democrat lawmakers voice frustration over Trump bill passage

As the U.S. House of Representatives took final steps to vote on the tax-and-spend “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” following its passage in the Senate, Alaska Democratic Party officials called an emergency town hall Wednesday night to discuss the...

The milk wine monastery: Father Emmet Engel and the outlaw Alaska winery

The milk wine monastery: Father Emmet Engel and the outlaw Alaska winery

A photo of the Engel brothers (Emmet at left, George at right), originally published in the Oct. 29, 1972 edition of the Anchorage Daily News. (Photo by Neal Menschel) Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David...

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